"They did NOT need to know ANY of that! Goodness! Do your people not teach you how to hide things?!"

Because that had been one of the most important lessons Effie's parents had taught HER. A lesson in survival. And Katniss had just violated the cardinal rule.

"YOU need control of the information! YOU have responsibility for others' perceptions of you! And it's hard. And it hurts and it can be uncomfortable and terrible. But you do it anyway."